Mascot horrorAnalog horrorHorror
Duck Season
Rate itA cursed rental cartridge, a light gun, and a hunting dog who will not stay in the game.
- Platforms
- VR, PC
- Stores
- Steam
- Price
- Paid
- Rated
- Very Positive on Steam: the VR edition 85% of 1,611 reviews, Duck Season PC 94% of 1,102 reviews
- Players
- 1
- Controls
- VR headset with motion controllers (light gun); Duck Season PC plays with mouse and keyboard
- Made by
- Stress Level Zero
- Released
- 2017
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What frightens It is summer 1988 and Mom has rented you Duck Season for your Kingbit Entertainment System. You play it in the living room with a light gun, hunting ducks beside the game's grinning dog, but over the day and night it becomes clear the cartridge is cursed, and if the dog is provoked he starts to stalk you in your own house.
Content: brief blood, jumpscares.
Duck Season is a VR horror game by Stress Level Zero, set over one day in summer 1988. You play a duck-hunting game on a rented cartridge with a light gun, while its cheerful dog mascot turns out to be something that can leave the screen. A flat-screen edition, Duck Season PC, plays without a headset.
About Duck Season
Duck Season was made by Stress Level Zero, the studio behind Boneworks and Bonelab, and released for PC VR headsets on Steam in September 2017. In 2019 the studio released Duck Season PC, the full game playable on an ordinary monitor, with extra hunting game types.
It is summer vacation in 1988 and your mom has just rented the coolest new game for your Kingbit Entertainment System. You spend the day in the family living room, playing Duck Season on the old television with a light gun, hunting ducks in seven mini games alongside the game's grinning hunting dog. Between sessions you explore the house, watch short films on VHS tapes and notice that things are changing.
The horror grows out of nostalgia. The store calls it a throwback to 1980s games and films with a hint of horror, and the plot turns on the dog, who, if provoked, starts to stalk you in real life. The day and night end in one of seven endings, with dozens of secrets and sub-plots to find.
It suits players who grew up with light-gun games and want a horror story built from a childhood bedroom, and VR players who want a game that uses the headset to put something right behind them.
How to play Duck Season
- Buy Duck Season on Steam for a PC VR headset, or Duck Season PC to play on a monitor.
- Pick up the light gun and play the Duck Season cartridge on the television.
- Between rounds, explore the house, watch the VHS tapes and look for what has changed.
- Pay attention to the dog: how you treat the game decides how he treats you.
- Play again to reach the other endings.
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Tips
- Look around the room after each session; clues change over the day.
- Watch the VHS tapes, they fill in the story.
- There are seven endings, so a second play is worth it.
Questions
Do you need VR to play Duck Season?
No. Duck Season PC is the full game for an ordinary monitor; the original Duck Season on Steam needs a PC VR headset.
How many endings does Duck Season have?
Seven, according to its store page.
Is Duck Season scary?
It starts as a nostalgic 1980s afternoon and turns into a horror story about a game mascot that stalks you, with a few jumpscares and brief blood.
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